Return to Love

Sub Pop

Dec 15, 2016 Web Exclusive By John Everhart

LVL UP in an anachronistic sense are heirs poised to inherit Sub Pop’s “Shins mantle,” a classic pop act overlapping into the Venn diagram of commercialism. But today, they’re vying for a slice of pie rendered sliver narrow by the copious breadth of albums. Unfortunate, as Return to Love exhibits a surfeit of hooks, stuffed to the gills with sublime melodic instincts. The downside to having music available essentially for free is that it convinces you that there’s something better around the corner. And there rarely is. Cherish LVL up. (www.lvlup.bandcamp.com)

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